Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-06-09
WASHINGTON NOTES.


The Canadian Pacific Gives Better Rates
on Wool Than American Roads-Indlan
Lands-The Administration and the
TariR-Oid Claims.
WASHINGTON, May 31.-Since the suspen-
sion of the long and short haul clause to-
the transcontinental roads, the Canadian
Pacific has not had every thing its own way
in the matter OF through freights as 1t had
before. The suspension resulted In great
reduction Of the rates on wool from Cali
fornia TO the eastern s9aboard. One over
land line fixed It's schedule at from $l9O TO
3 80 per 100 pounds according TO variety.
The Pacific mail steamers have marked
their rate down to $1.62 and the Canadian
Pacific cut under this figure with the rate OF
El5O. Since that rate was made the Can
adian Pacific is reported TO have gone still
lower and offers to take wool at 81 per 100.
So far the Canadian Pacific has kept below
all competitors and has taken large quanti-
ties OF wool from San Francisco to Boston
The wool is taken from San Francisco by
steamer to Victoria where it is put on the
cars On May Is thirty-eight tons of wool
were thus shipped to Boston, and week
later the shipments from Stockton overthe
same route were $50 tons. The Canadian
Pacific is enabled TO make lower rates than
the American lines because it is suhSi-
died by its Government, and because for
many years at least profits on transporta-
its managers whose aim is now TO get bust
ness.
INDIAN LANDS.
WASHINGTON. May 3l.-The Interior De-
partment is proceeding as rapidly as possi--
BILE in the execution of the law relative to
the allotment of lands to Indians in sever
atty which was enacted by the last Con-
gress. The task is very tedious and i'm
portant one, and it is very evident from the
information which the Government has al
ready received that the object of the law
can only be accomplished by degrees. The
law proceeds upon the fundamental ground
that the free consent of each particular
tribe or band of Indians must be obtained
before the allotment can be made, and the
first duty of the Secretary of the Interior
has been to ascertain through the agents
on the several reservations what the free
will of the Indians in this respect is. An
swers have been received from, it is be-
lieved, ali the reservations, and these an
swers are very diverse in their character.
Some of them indicate that it will for the
present, under the operations of this law,
at least, be an absolutely hopeless task to
attempt tn break up some Of the reserva-
tions which are now held under binding
treaties with the Indians as nations. On
the other hand, favorable reports are re-
ceved from other reservations. but the
drift of all the reports indicates that years
may be required to execute this new law in
the spirit in which it was framed.
ADMINISTRATION Foley.
WASHINGTON, May 3l.-For some days
there has been more or less informal talk
n administration circles on the tariff ques-
ton. From limitations dropped in these
quarters, IT may be announced that Secre- .
tary Fairchild is seriously contemplating a
movement, with the appreciation of the
President and his colleagues, looking to a
concentration of the Democrats in the
House of Representatives and Senate upon
a measure of tariff reduction. After care
full inquiry, it has been ascertained that
every member of the Cabinet is favorable
to such programme. After the expert
ences of the past two Congresses, the Pres
ident is convinced that but one course re
mains open for the Democratic party, and
that is the formulation of a bill in con-
sultation with such men Randall and
Carlisle and others, representing divers
views Of Democratic sentiment on the
subject, for the purpose OF bringing them
together upon some common ground Of
agreement The President has seen for
some time that the issue will be made on
the tariff and urged that it would be more
sagacious 10 get TO work at once and pre-
pare a bill to be submitted to Congress as
a measure of administration policy than to
let the question continue to play havoc as a
frebrand in the ranks OF the party. 1t is
proposed to make the bill an administration
question in the House, and thus Bring il
before the people, as a distinctive issue
upon which the Democratic party will
stand in the next campaign.
OLD CLAIMS.
WASHINGTON, June 1.-The dispatch from
Madrid relative to the claims which the
United States is pressing upon the Spanish
Government refers to no new claims but
to those which have been an issue between
the two Governments for many years.
They are for the most part claims growing
out of the confiscatioh of sugar estates
which belonged to Americans in tho
island of Cuba.